whart
Responses from whart
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable I suspect some of the ’sound’ of the turntable goes beyond the usual measurable ’specs’ of rumble, wow & flutter and has to do with mass, materials, isolation, the sonic character of the interface between the LP and the platter (which could be... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? Ah, I meant the SM, not the XM. Thanks for forcing me to check, @cleeds https://ateupwithmotor.com/contentfiles/uploads/1972_Citroen_SM_front.jpg | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? As little more than a long haired child back in the day a neighbor had many Citroen, including an XM that he bought new, circa 1972? His son, my age, used to borrow it and we'd drive it for the regular boring routine that teenagers had back then -... | |
| Brand New Warped albums! @slaw @bdp24 There is a long thread or two on the Hoffman board from a few years ago with people comparing notes, but it isn’t definitive- more a trading tips and questions thread- the main difficulty was treating edge warps. I did have a Vinyl Fl... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? @clearthink- Have you owned, possessed and used a linear tracking arm for any length, duration or period of time? I'm curious, wondering and eager to know whether your view, opinion and position on these arms is based on experience, involvement an... | |
| Vinyl Sleeves and Jackets I’ve gone through pretty much all of the aftermarket ones. One issue, with some, is shedding. I’m currently using the MA Records inner which I like but it is pricey, and it isn’t easy to handle. Once a record has been cleaned and re-sleeved (I kee... | |
| Can we hear from those who essentially repurchased previous system? I think the original Quad ESL is the classic 'recidivist' piece of gear. People love 'em but hate their limitations, often selling them to get a "better" speaker only to regret getting rid of them, to buy them again. I've hung on to mine since 197... | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing I was told how superior digital was when it was introduced. It sounded terrible to me. It’s only been in the last few years that I’ve heard material played on digital systems that provided a convincing illusion of musical reality.The numbers, asid... | |
| Suggestion To The Moderators To Rid This Site Of Spam It's a lot of work for moderators to remove spam after the fact, and you see it if you are on the site at odd hours before they have had an opportunity to do so. I think there must be some good spam filters that work. I run a couple of web sites a... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? I've been running a Kuzma Airline for more than 12 years. I like it, it is made well, no issues other than dealing with air compressor, which adds an additional layer of complication to what is otherwise a pretty straightforward design and executi... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol @kalali- be careful- that 'support' doesn't mean the BP will output hi-rez, only that it will process it and output it at standard Redbook resolution. | |
| Catastrophic Accident! What To Do!? Good call on the insurance there @big_greg. | |
| Catastrophic Accident! What To Do!? Not to minimize your grief (probably due to self-flagellation as well as the cost of repair/replacement of tubes), but we’ve all had stupid incidents at one point or another. I was moving one of my mono blocks about 2 feet in the room, and cracked... | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing I don’t know how to reconcile the competing views among the reviewers, including those writing for Stereophile, other than to listen for yourself. You could, I suppose, write all of this off as just another example of the divide between the subjec... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Keep in mind that the Border Patrol isn't a 'tube' DAC in the sense of output stage, the tube is in the power supply and can be switched in or out. I bought the Border Patrol as my first entry into digital in my main system and like it. I rolled t... |